stepping forward

To update The Frick Collection, Annabelle Selldorf is honoring the past while meeting the moment

- SAM COCHRAN

Indiana limestone is prized for its refinement and durability-a fitting choice, then as today, for The Frick Collection in New York City.

Thomas Hastings used it when first building the 1914 Beaux Arts home of industrialist Henry Clay Frick. So too did the architect John Russell Pope in the early 1930s, when he reimagined the mansion as a museum and designed its neighboring library.

And now AD100 Hall of Famer Annabelle Selldorf has followed in their footsteps for the mansion's first comprehensive update in nearly 90 years, opening to the public in April 2025.